Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-09


thOss Clenss alsn We osn nOs sxpsUl 70 a.
sssst them by simply Offering them tho
Oouteos VI study which wsre OSgauisSd psi-
isas,ly iOr clorEyiiiosi, and after wsrda sn'Jt-
n0d sOiiioWhat u adnpt thom " the laWy8r
and doctor. We must ay,rssl to them with
new fatalities, SPptowch then along now
| limos u we would draw them tHtO thS
charmed circle Oi our iIiluVnos- We
iail 10 this 10 not done.
To do this thoroughly ws must rid our
sslvss Of certain PharisStis,n Oi culture
which iu spite Of our bcss efforts Will cling
~ ua.
Those Of US VIM hsvs he'd the oppor-
tunity 70 storm the Helvstisn bresstwOsks
Britain and acrosa the Rhine; who have
listened IN the fiery words Of Cicero ~ hs
thwArted CAtiline In hin nsfari0us attempt u
ruin the state, or have sat spsilto,ind under
the charm Of his graceful tribute tO learning
and culture In th8 Archia or Of tho swelling
periods OF tho Maniiian law or the irrUSisttbIe
logic ri the Milo, or who have participated
In tbs delightful conversation 40 dmt.
cttid or Scnecfufc, who have followed Sallust
In his tsrse and telling description Of chsr.
scter sut with Tityrus under the spreading
l'eesh, or wandered with .Enoas over tins
pAthlsss waste; who with ltvy have fol-
lowed with brsathless Interest the wonder.
fui career Of Hannibal, or listened 70 the
charming words OF HOrace-we must mos
think that this conversation with the great
minds Of the Roman worlds conversation
the very recollection Of which In Joy and
delight justifies US IN looking down ~ from
AL Inaccessible height upon those who have
done and " Ill DO nothing of this sort
Nay even, when We nave added " that \
10, OW miles journey with XonophOn In his
wonderful AnabHsis and the more wonderful
Cytop paedia, though We msyhsve chr r4ed now
with the Hieeks and now with the Trojans
in the sbb and TIDE Of that wond.rfui contest
bsiors tho walls Of Troy, and scud gatly be.
fore the winds with the Immortal Uiysses
though We may have bs6n inittRt0i into
thousand pleasant secrets Of tho fslhor ~
history, followed tho Sicilian expedition with
Thncydides, walked and talked with
have no right to think that these particu.
lar experiences are absolutely necessary to
the cultured gentleman, any moro than the
sight Of the White Mountains or Of the YOse.
mits Ia tho educated traveller.
Even that enormous streng gtheniDg OF the
brain cells aud fi0res which 1t result from
u successftil attempt to master the my sterieS
Of the Latin suhjunc;ive or Greek Opta,ive-
the sequence Oi lenses or tho ~ Rotist form
of Greek verbsall this may cotno about In
some other way.
Tho man who has mastered his arithmetic,
his algebra, geometry, Hisononstry and cal
cuius, who has learned the forms Ot German
and French conjugAtion and declsnsiOp, who
has mastered the generalization of physics,
chemistry and biology, who hss learned the
forms AMI classification Of botany and zool.
aud political science; who has followed
Shak espsar0 In his dramas from the height
of comedy To the depths Of tragedy, who
hss learned Ia know G,eihe, Schiller, Less
ing, Racine, Corneille, Molisre, who has
studied tho great Orations Of English and
French orators, who has followed the for.
tunes oi Athens In his Curtlus and Grots {; OF
Rome In hi-' Momin>en aud Gibtryn, OF France,
Germany, England and America, In the
great works vi thi. century may surely de-
MAJ ~ ma IN nf a al m NJ
though no knows not the Difference between
All nl pha or omega
In "a word we must consent 10 al extension
OF tho term. liberal education, with oil which
such concession implies. We must he con-
tent with the result and be les, Of stick lers
for the road which leads 70 that result. We
must insist upon literally educated men Ia
ths ru0st sense OF that term-inen trained tD
think and feel-sbOvs oil, To think and ieel
correctly; men with broadened mindr,
quickened sympathiss, widened views,
strengthened Intellect, confirmed purpose
and heightened aspirations but We must
oily OF any one course Of study, or any one
combination OF studis'. II II rather tue re.
suit of y certain rientxi attitude and certain
methods and spirit VI work.
CLASSICAL EDUCATION.
The 80 called classical education has done
= noble service for this day and generation.
IL IL still doing noble service for oil who
take IL up III concert aud follow IL con-
scientiousiy. Ii II to be hoped that II may
continue for many = year To come It's bless
ing bringing work. But the time has now
arrived when We can no longer recognize II
~ the only education, deserving the name
liberal, or even ~ in any peculiar sense
having III exclusive right u that term. 1t
has dominated Western education for live
csniuries-centuriss We must all admit OF
great aud uniform prOHress-toward which
this education has contributed no small
items
But under the most favorable circuln.
stances Il has never sucreeded in r,aching
more than u very small fraction Ot the pOpu.
lstion, and tho ratio Is growing rather smaller
than larger. Under such circumstances
our choice, IL We would extend our influence,
IL not between classical education and some
other system, but bstwesn some other sys.
tom and no system at all. We must resch
the people and bring them within the intiu
suce Of our universities, II We would secure
for the latter any power for good
IN the future development Of our
country. Insisting upon uniform classi.
and consequently this demsnd must not
be made This does no, mean any diminn-
tion In classical study. o. the contrary the
sgns Of the times point to All increase both
extensively and intsnsivsly in this iisld. Its
methods oi instruction are improving every
day, and the slaughter OF the innocents
which was charsctsristic Of tho system in
many centres has given place to an intelli-
gent and reasOnabis ~ stem OF training. The
Iuickened intellectual life which our re-
formed institutions " Ill bring into our peO-
pie must result in . large increase In attend
ance at our higher institutions which will
doubtless rebound to the interest Of classical
studies ~ much w to any other field.
The American University, then, must not
only do what the others are doing, but 1t
must be = popular institution In q sense,
different from that Ot any Of the others. II
must provide facilities for the study OF every
n lam a